Peppermint
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Eeeaauggghhhyyy! Here for the bots and dreamers, grifters and believers.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
www.assignedmedia.org
August 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
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ICYMI: I spoke to @reproutopia.bsky.social about the feminist imperative to fight fascism, even when the fascists are other feminists (and especially when those other feminists are providing a pseudofeminist alibi to a rightwing assault on bodily autonomy and trans people)
‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right
In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ICYMI: I spoke to @reproutopia.bsky.social about the feminist imperative to fight fascism, even when the fascists are other feminists (and especially when those other feminists are providing a pseudofeminist alibi to a rightwing assault on bodily autonomy and trans people)
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Corporate Dems being outflanked on the left by Bill Kristol - who is saying what should be obvious.
Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.
February 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Corporate Dems being outflanked on the left by Bill Kristol - who is saying what should be obvious.
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"[Issue x] is a distraction!" is a corrosive outlook. All outrages are important to fight. Nobody can fight them all, but together we can cover them all.
You telling somebody who is fighting an issue that you aren't fighting that what they're doing is a distraction is a distraction. Stop.
You telling somebody who is fighting an issue that you aren't fighting that what they're doing is a distraction is a distraction. Stop.
February 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"[Issue x] is a distraction!" is a corrosive outlook. All outrages are important to fight. Nobody can fight them all, but together we can cover them all.
You telling somebody who is fighting an issue that you aren't fighting that what they're doing is a distraction is a distraction. Stop.
You telling somebody who is fighting an issue that you aren't fighting that what they're doing is a distraction is a distraction. Stop.
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I mean, the ‘DEI Madness” resulted in no mid-air collisions in 16 years. It was only until Trump got re-elected, fired the FAA director, didn’t hire a new one, and froze the hiring of new air traffic controllers that we had another tragedy in the air within a week.
January 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I mean, the ‘DEI Madness” resulted in no mid-air collisions in 16 years. It was only until Trump got re-elected, fired the FAA director, didn’t hire a new one, and froze the hiring of new air traffic controllers that we had another tragedy in the air within a week.
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If you're playing online games like Wordle, Strands, etc... Please just take a screenshot of your results to post with alt text here. The wall of emojis y'all are posting is a mess for accessibility.
January 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you're playing online games like Wordle, Strands, etc... Please just take a screenshot of your results to post with alt text here. The wall of emojis y'all are posting is a mess for accessibility.
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If we are going to quote Hannah Arendt - I’m going to do the longer and more meaningful one for me:
‘In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing,
1/5
‘In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing,
1/5
January 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If we are going to quote Hannah Arendt - I’m going to do the longer and more meaningful one for me:
‘In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing,
1/5
‘In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing,
1/5
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We’re gonna starve in a desert anyway, why not say I love you
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We’re gonna starve in a desert anyway, why not say I love you
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And if you must, fucking tag/alt text it so content moderation works. Forcing others to see that is really disgusting.
Hi you don’t have to post it. And you don’t have to re-post it.
And you can think about the fact that Jewish people are gonna be traumatized every single time you make us see it over and over and over and over.
You can just not post it.
And you can think about the fact that Jewish people are gonna be traumatized every single time you make us see it over and over and over and over.
You can just not post it.
January 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And if you must, fucking tag/alt text it so content moderation works. Forcing others to see that is really disgusting.
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It is the time of the coward.
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It is the time of the coward.
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Underlining, we actually should call people who use DEI as a slur segregationists as a norm.Talk plainly.The mealy mouth defense of diversity rather than simply talking about reparation, repair,& representation is what got us here.No more ambivalent euphemisms.Values, at full volume.
The NAACP has been fighting Alabama’s segregationists for more than a century.
NAACP challenging Alabama’s anti-DEI policy www.chronicle.com/article/anti...
January 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Underlining, we actually should call people who use DEI as a slur segregationists as a norm.Talk plainly.The mealy mouth defense of diversity rather than simply talking about reparation, repair,& representation is what got us here.No more ambivalent euphemisms.Values, at full volume.
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Another way to put this is “if you call yourself an ally to LGTBQ people but can’t be arsed to distance yourself from Meta, you’re a pretty pathetic-ass ally.”
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Another way to put this is “if you call yourself an ally to LGTBQ people but can’t be arsed to distance yourself from Meta, you’re a pretty pathetic-ass ally.”
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January 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
January 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
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So disgusting and hateful and from a craven asshole.
Meta’s new guidelines prohibit insults about someone’s intellect or mental illness, as have previous iterations. But the guidelines now include a caveat for accusing LGBTQ people of being mentally ill because they are gay or transgender.
Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
Meta’s changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts the company made to its moderation practices.
www.nbcnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So disgusting and hateful and from a craven asshole.
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Why are US oligarchs so anxious to cultivate the kinds of relationships with the president that, in the country they’re aping, have led to oligarchs “falling out of windows” and such? To the point where there’s a whole Wikipedia page on the topic? Who wants to live in a place like that?
Suspicious deaths of notable Russians in 2022–2024 - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_notable_Russians_in_2022–2024
January 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Why are US oligarchs so anxious to cultivate the kinds of relationships with the president that, in the country they’re aping, have led to oligarchs “falling out of windows” and such? To the point where there’s a whole Wikipedia page on the topic? Who wants to live in a place like that?
Do better, Nigel parents.
No offense to Nigels but if my name was Nigel I would be IN HELL about it
December 24, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Do better, Nigel parents.
I know that, as a parent, I always based my children's names on recent Social Security data.
Parents are likely to choose these names next year based on recent trends and Social Security Administration data.
Experts Predict Which Baby Names Will Be Popular In 2025
Parents are likely to choose these names next year based on recent trends and Social Security Administration data.
www.huffpost.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I know that, as a parent, I always based my children's names on recent Social Security data.
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I am not opposed to the murder of CEOs who's business model depends on holding people hostage during the worst moments of their lives and who's profits are built on suffering and misery and death.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
December 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I am not opposed to the murder of CEOs who's business model depends on holding people hostage during the worst moments of their lives and who's profits are built on suffering and misery and death.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
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